Pencil-sharpener



i (No Model.)

' L. P. NORMANDIN. i

. PENCIL SHARBEN-ER. No. 394,002. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI P. I\ (.)RMANDIN, Oh BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

PENClL-SHARPEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,002, dated December 4, 1888.

Application fil d August 18, 1888. Serial No. 282,520. (No model.)

To all 1.0720711, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEvI P, NORMANDIN, of Bloomingtou, in the county of McLean, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and uset'ul Im n-ovements in Pencil Sharpeners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact; description thereot', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin pencil-sharpeners, the object of the same be ing to provide a combined lead and slate pencil sharpener.

A further object is to provide in this connection a groove to receive and guide the pen cil.

A further object is to provide a tray to receive the 1:)encil-clippings.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which shall be simple and economical in construction and durable and et'ticient in use; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the certain features of construction and combinations of parts,

will be hereinafter fully described, and pointpass the pencil-shaipeniug blades 5, the rear ends of which are provided with the open slots 6, adapted to receive the screw-threaded bolts 7, passing through the screw-tln'eaded holes 8 in the lugs 3. The washers 71} may be employed or not, as preferred.

From the above it will be seen that the blades may be easily removed for sharpening and adjusted for cutting.

One end of the device is provided with the forked blade 9, which may be rigidly secured thereto; but I prefer to have the same removably secured, in order that the sharpening thereof may be more convenient in addition to replacing the blade when broken. The particular object of said blade is to enable slate-pencils to be sharpened thereon, thereby avoiding the probabilities of dulling the edges of the blade 5,which can be used exclusively for lead-pencils.

To the braces 10 is secured the tray 11, adapted to receive the penciLclippings.

llaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a pencil-sharpener, the combination, with a guide having two diverging sides provided with openings at suitable angles, of adjustable blades adapted to enter said openings, a forked blade on one end of the guide, and a tray beneath the guide, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this 2d day of August, 1888.

LEVI P. NORMANDIN.

Vitnesses:

THOS. SLADE, E. M. HAMILTON. 

